Discontented Hearts

"The person with the discontented heart has the attitude that everything he does for God is too much, and everything God does for him is too little."

Servanthood Begins When Gratitude Ends

Timothy Keller, pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York, writes:

Pastors often hear, "I work my fingers to the bone in this church, and ...

Forgetting Someone?

Percentage of senior corporate executives with a high net worth (defined as having a net worth of $1 million or more, not including primary residence) ...

Good Manners and Gratitude

I don't think I'll ever forget an incident a few years ago while I was helping a friend plant a tree at the local park. She had planted 23 trees ...

It's All Downhill

A young pastor was making farewell visits to his congregation before moving to another church. Visiting a homebound member, whom he had called on regularly, ...

Little Sins and Big Sins

Lewis Smedes, in his fine book Forgive and Forget, retells an old story about a tailor who leaves his prayers and on the way out of the synagogue, meets ...

Return to Sender

When my niece, Toni, turned six, I excitedly gave her some gifts I had spent extra time shopping for. Two weeks later, when I asked if she was enjoying ...

Back When We Needed God

Do you remember the Second World War? It was a time when people started coming to church as they never had before. From the mid-1940s up until 1950, churches ...

Self-Indulgence: Enemy of Gratitude

Self-indulgence is the enemy of gratitude, and self-discipline usually its friend and generator. That is why gluttony is a deadly sin. The early desert ...

Ethical Absurdity

The initial act of eliminating our Creator God from our thinking is so immoral and unethical in itself as to render the following concern with ethical ...